cannot connect to my pop3 mailbox...

af11k

I am trying to connect to my pop3 email account, I am using the plain function:
$mbox = imap_open ("{localhost:110/pop3}INBOX", "user_id", "password");

I just get a blank page, no errors...
Any ideas?

WinterDragon

well, lets see... Did you follow the example at the bottom of the Manual? Gives a pretty good example, although I've not messed with the imap stuff yet.. I think I'll practice tonight... 🙂

af11k

Yes I am using:
<?php
$mbox = imap_open ("{mail.fonseca.us:110/pop3}", "arturo@fonseca.us", "mypass");

echo "<p><h1>Mailboxes</h1>\n";
$folders = imap_listmailbox ($mbox, "{mail.fonseca.us:110/pop3}", "*");

if ($folders == false) {
echo "Call failed<br>\n";
} else {
while (list ($key, $val) = each ($folders)) {
echo $val."<br>\n";
}
}

echo "<p><h1>Headers in INBOX</h1>\n";
$headers = imap_headers ($mbox);

if ($headers == false) {
echo "Call failed<br>\n";
} else {
while (list ($key,$val) = each ($headers)) {
echo $val."<br>\n";
}
}

imap_close($mbox);
?>

But still get nothing...

WinterDragon

Ok, if you read the notes at the bottom of the php function list, where you read up on imap_open(), you'll see this...


marc_bigler at yahoo dot com
15-Mar-2000 09:54 

The use of variables with imap_open as the mailbox works with PHP3. 

So this is valid with PHP3: 
<?php
imap_open("{$server:$port}$mailbox", $user, $pass); 
?>
but with PHP4 this doesn't work anymore, i think it is the two chars "{$" that gives confusion to PHP4 so you must use it this way: 
<?php
imap_open("{" . $server . "}" . $mailbox, $user, $pass); 
?>
Another alternative would be to define the a mailbox variable before and add it to the imap_open function. 

Regards

There are other notes, maybe try reading them... shrugs

af11k

I saw that one, but if you look at my code I am typing the values directly, not using variables, so this note does not apply...

WinterDragon

sometimes shit acts funky, might want to try it the way they show, lol... shrugs I've not messed with it.

af11k

nope...
I am testing this on my web hosting provider...so maybe imap is turned off...
Is there any way I can know by code (while I wait for the trouble ticket reply for them...) if imap is OFF!!

orangechicken

Go grab the test.php page from the latest IMP release (I think it's at ftp.horde.org).

If it's failing with just a blank page it may be the problem that I'm having too.... something (apache child process, maybe php, maybe the imap server....) is crashing.

My host has refused to help me because I have 'too many support incidences' and they've gotta cut their loses (doesn't sound like good support to me.... but that's another story).

-chicken